Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-02-27
LATE

SNANbAAN 10y Va
\ LATE BREAKFAST.
The Roarder who Was Out the Night Be
fore Has a Charming COlloquy with sarah
and Escapes Stealthily.
Philip H. HtIch IN Puck.
Dumley fourth floor back hall room, in
arrears for board Well, Sarah, good
morning. I'm u trifle late, ell?
Sarah twaitrcss) + verybody's gone but
you.
D~umley-Ah, yes, the table has that
appearance. Every body" seems to have
gone" through it..
Sarah-Eh, sir?
Dumley-I mean that there is adeSolate
look about the castor and the bottle Of
Worcestershire sauce which suggests a
clean sweep.
Sarah-YeS, sir.
Dumley-You never lived in the West,
Sarah?
Sarah-NO, sir.
~Dumley-Ah, then you have never seen
Il grain field alters swarm OF l0cust5 has
finished wsth it?
S1laI-NO, SIT.
Dumley-Wcll, Sarah, | never have
either; but | have read of il, and | fancy
this table resembles it more closely than
anything ! have ever encountered.
Sarah-IeS, sir.
Dumley Even the tumbler of tooth
picks does not relieve the vista of sOiled
table-cloth, and that row of pressed glass
coblets, holding various levels of water, is
not specially promising to a hungry man.
Is il, now, Sarah?
Sarah-NO, sir.
D~umley-Ah, am glad to find you so
appreciative, Sarah. But, to give the con-
verSation a little more practical turn, what
is there for breakfast?
Sarah-Why, sir
Dumley-Sarah, experience teaches Inc
that | have put that question in the wrong
tense. Let us alter 1t. What WAS there
Tor breakfast?
Sarah-Liver and bacon, kidney stew.
Dumlcy-One moment, please, Sarah.
Let me smack my lips over those names
while | daily with the hope that 4 REM
nant OF their material presence still adorns
the range. Liver and bacon you saw?
Sarah-Yes, sir; hut Mrs. Johnson had
the last of 'em, sir.
Dumley (airily)-Oh, then we will dis
miss liver and bacon, Sarah. OF course,
Mrs. Johnson, in her capacity of third
floor, large, back, has eaten the last they
are effectually hors du combat, which is
French, | may remark, Sarah, for got
away-with.
Sarah-Yes, sir.
Dumley-Kidney stew becomes, then,
the next available delicaCy. Let me down
gently Sarah. Is there, or only was there
kidney stew?
Sarah-Why, all the French rolls and
kidney-stew was sent up to Mrs. De Hob
son. who had her breakfast in her room.
Dumley-Happy Mrs. De HObSon!
Sarah, life must he very pleasant viewed
from the second floor front.
Sarah-Yes, sir.
Dumley-French rolls, too! Why, Sarah,
didn't even dream that there had been
French rolls!
Sarah-There wasn't many, sir.
Dumley-That goes without saying,
Sarah, which is n hit of Anglicized
French, meaning, in our more vigorous
idiom: 'YOu bet your sweet life there
wasn't.
Sarah-Yes, sir.
Dumley-And now, having disposed in
a very innutritiOus way, Sarah, of the liver
and bacon. French rolls and kidney-stew,
| suppose You can get me 4 couple of eggs
aud a cup of coffee?
Sarah-Tn see, sir.
~Dumley-And, oh, Sarah,t the butter! |
c>r,,t 20 in,uira ohnut tho hnttar Is IL in
it's usual robust health?
Sarah-About the same, | guess. sir.
Dumley-Ah, my anxiety was unnecGs-
sary. 1t was so pale last night, | thought
it must be going into a decline. but it is
evidently still vigorous. Sarah, in our
breakfast menu this morning we will omit
skip. you knOw-the butter.
Sarah-Yes, sir. Leaves the room but
returns almost instantly There amt no
eggs, sir, and Mrs. Hendricks has gone out,
sir.
b Dumley (interrupting)-Oh, Mrs. Hen
is out, is she? That quite alters
he case. Tell the cook ! must have eggs
send at once for sOme-I will wait,
he ID you may bring me the morning paper,
rs rah, to occupy my time and attention
r. awhile.
If arah-Ies, sir.
umley-And, Sarah, impress upon the
RI CO the necessity hat the eggs should be
he yoful. An egg to be choice should be
tie Julie and inexperienced. 1t is not in
e. ten for the rude warfare of this world,
us ana die in the first flush of infantile
Ip- tresSs is TO fulfill its noble and intended
ne desti D
a-YeS sir.
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it, SarIMrs. Hendricks is come home,
Il SIR alLants the paper, and says will
ell you plC stepinto the parlor on your way
out.
es, DumLThere's the paper, Sarah. l
- am qnltt.rough with il. Please return
pes 1T 10 MHendricks, also, that having
is dallled sing over her h~oSpitable board,
my PreSetat the hank is quiet urgently
it'll deman1e al rs / CHANGED to bring my
hat n Ut own with me, | am Obliged
ir. to get inthel at once and hurry away.
l." The hasent door being convenient, |
10. Will even Ike use of that to accelerate
am my exit ell Mrs. Hendricks, Sarah, l
Will deny Selfthe pleasure of seeing her
lex until amor tine, and you may say to
her that shyiu have no occasion to re-
Sret Tue Pbnement.
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Alice S0"e F1ooR IN The Times Democrat
ON Among inc ny moru's rosy glow,